Chords
Born A Man

Key: E

Introduction:

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Em7/9                            C#m  
The dog's chasing buzzards'
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shadows across the deck.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
Carving circles in the sky with
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bibs tied around their neck.
Em7/9                            C#m  
And the lake was once a desert
Em7/9                            C#m  
where the houseboat ran aground.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
A bright florescent jet ski had to
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tow us back to town.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
A bright florescent jet ski had to
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tow us back to town.
Em7/9                            C#m  
Startled by the paper
Em7/9                            C#m  
and its unfamiliar slang.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
It said the local beauty pageant winner
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had been born a man.
Em7/9                            C#m  
They chased her through the wheat field.
Em7/9                            C#m  
They stripped her of her crown.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
Desperate just to get their dusty
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seed into the ground.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
Desperate just to get their dusty
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seed into the ground.
Em7/9                            C#m  
And you say there's no one in this world
Em7/9                            C#m  
no one who's truly free.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
Every single one of us a
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kitten up a tree.
Em7/9                            C#m  
Except for maybe surfers
Em7/9                            C#m  
and porn stars by degree.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
Well i wonder if she loves her work as
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as much as you love me.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
I wonder if she loves her work as
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as much as you love me.
Em7/9                            C#m  
They drained the fluid nightly
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but by dawn it's there again.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
The head nurse recommended that you
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count backwards from ten.
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And those who are the most afraid
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say courage is a sin.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
We are just bracing for the impact by
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loosening our limbs.
E/F#                                                                 Am7  
We are just bracing for the impact by
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loosening our limbs.